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[Lix Lorn]

Or maybe this is gonna be a harem manga!

[Fable Wright]

...no. Just no.

[Tulio d Bard]

...no. Just no.

I wouldn't hate it. Maybe someone can make a fan comic of it.

[Maximum Zersk]

Or maybe this is gonna be a harem manga!

Nah, the characters have too much personality for that.

[Fable Wright]

I wouldn't hate it either. I just don't want this manga turning into that.

[Lix Lorn]

I once read a NarutoHarem fanfic... where everyone was in character.
It's at about thirty chapters, they JUST left the academy, and three romances have been seeded. Just three.

It's... I never thought harem could be done seriously, but. Wow.

[EternalMelon]

My theory as to why!

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Her father, when he started to Descend the Librarians promised three weeks before they came to take him away. Presumably, this is because he had three weeks before he entered Stage 2 of Descent, and began to change as a person.
It was also mentioned that they didn't get the three weeks.

Which means either her father became an Abyssal before he should have even entered Stage 2 (highly unlikely without Ink, which seems like it only showed up recently), or her father was taken down early for some reason.
Now, throw in that she calls herself "Eve Smith" instead of "Eve Wolfgang", makes me think she wants to seperate herself from her family or chapter for some reason.

My theory, her father was given three weeks by the librarians before he was taken away, however, some members of the Lunar codex decided that, for whatever reason, they wanted to keep it in the family. Maybe they were worried about him descending before the Librarians came back for him, maybe they were proud, and didn't want the Librarians doing what they felt was their duty. Maybe they felt that he should die while he was still himself, before the Descent started to change his nature.

Either way, the Lunar Codex kills her father, and since it seems like many pages come from families who are pages of the same chapter, Eve's own family may have been involved in his death.

So she changes her name to cut off all ties with the family that killed her father, and she leaves the chapter and joins a Page Gang instead.

That makes sense. Any way, great comic, as always.

[Elagune]

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Haha, I don't think I draw girls well enough to make a harem comic.

And you know people like your characters if they start writing fanfiction about it!

[Fable Wright]

...I'm starting to get an ominous, end-of-book one vibe, here. What about you?

[BRC]

Take one Plot, place in pan and stir over low heat until it thickens...

[Viera Champion]

... Wow... You guys were right...

Ahhhh I the plot is getting so intereting, and that means Opal is gonna come in when it gets really interesting.

[Maximum Zersk]

...I'm starting to get an ominous, end-of-book one vibe, here. What about you?

Probably because we have the last chapter of the volume coming up.

Man, even with prosthetics, Tony manages to look mad.

[Viera Champion]

Probably because we have the last chapter of the volume coming up.

Man, even with prosthetics, Tony manages to look mad.

Of course. He doesn't need eyes to mak that face, just eyebrows.

[HalfTangible]

Hmm, on the "Eve is Undercover hunting down Ink" thing, here's an idea I hadn't thought of.

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Eve and Roy were Partners!

Assuming Page Gangs are the ones responsible for Ink, and the great chapters are looking into it.
The All Seeing and Lunar codices are both Great chapters in Tiltstone, so two Werewolves or Eyedolls trying to join a page gang might be suspicious. One page could probably join, claiming they had issues with the local chapter for some reason, but two would attract attention. However, sending an undercover agent in alone was too dangerous, so Eve and Roy both approach Zero Union and ask to join, with no apparent connection between them. Meanwhile, they work together too try to find the source of the Ink.

Now Roy is dead, somebody found out about him. Eve is alone in Zero Union, and is wondering how long she has.

Roy didn't know what Codex Eve was when they met. Memory erasage is unlikely given he knew who Tony was.

[BRC]

Roy didn't know what Codex Eve was when they met. Memory erasage is unlikely given he knew who Tony was.

Yes But...um...LOOK, IT'S A THREE HEADED MONKEY!

[Maximum Zersk]

BRC speaks the truth.

[Tulio d Bard]

Is there any chance that Tony descends? What were the conditions that led to natural descending?

Yes But...um...LOOK, IT'S A THREE HEADED MONKEY!

WHERE? Wait... darn... OK, I see it now.

[Maximum Zersk]

Is there any chance that Tony descends? What were the conditions that led to natural descending?

Mental Weakness.

[HalfTangible]

Is there any chance that Tony descends? What were the conditions that led to natural descending?

A disastrous, mind-breaking event that fundamentally changes who you are or makes you question it.

So yes, there's a chance, but i personally don't think it was a big enough event for tony to question who he is.

[Tulio d Bard]

Mental Weakness.

Like what? Uncontrollable emotions like sadness, anger, love, etc. or an easily controlled mind, or what? (Need to re-read everything)

EDIT: Interesting. I guess it depends on how much Tony liked Roy and how close they were (as well as Tony's personality).

[BRC]

Like what? Uncontrollable emotions like sadness, anger, love, etc. or an easily controlled mind, or what? (Need to re-read everything)

Having just archived binged, it usually comes about as the result of a traumatic event, one that really shakes you down to the core.
If it's common enough to be a regular problem (Which it sounds like it is), then seeing your best friend get turned into a monster and then die, then having to talk to his kid sister, might just do the trick.

Oh, and I just realized something on my archive binge, Roy said his early onset glaucoma might have been the result of something genetic, which means the same thing may happen to his sister.

[John Cribati]

If Eve's leader/designated muscle for Zero Union, I really can't see them being the ones who are dealing out Ink. That just leaves GM as the only other gang we've seen, and considering how powerful Jacques seems to be...

[Yorrin]

If Eve's leader/designated muscle for Zero Union, I really can't see them being the ones who are dealing out Ink. That just leaves GM as the only other gang we've seen, and considering how powerful Jacques seems to be...

Hmm, while I do think GM is behind it right now, I don't think Jacques is inking. He's been set up as being far too much of an innocent idealist for that. I think he just happens to be really powerful naturally. Perhaps he received a dangerously large amount of his codex's aura when he got written into his chapter or something.

[Tulio d Bard]

Hmm, while I do think GM is behind it right now, I don't think Jacques is inking. He's been set up as being far too much of an innocent idealist for that. I think he just happens to be really powerful naturally. Perhaps he received a dangerously large amount of his codex's aura when he got written into his chapter or something.

I don't think Jacques is aware of everything that happens in Global Minds. He seems like the kind of guy that would be against inking to me, but the leaders could just hide it from most of the gang. As you said Jacques is really powerful, and GM could make use of such abilities.

[EternalMelon]

Jacques Is the perfect set-up for a martyr. Eve is starting to look like a I-only-care about my friends, type personality. If BRCs theory is right, Zero Union was probably there when she cut her ties with her family. Acting as a replacement*.

* this can happan, I assume from my limited knowledge of "The Outsiders".

[Viera Champion]

So uh, now I want some theories on how Opal is going to be intorduced into the manga. (Mainly cuz I can't think of any myself)

[John Cribati]

Just a bit out there: Did someone make Charlie's boots for him, or did he make them himself?

[Maximum Zersk]

Just a bit out there: Did someone make Charlie's boots for him, or did he make them himself?

And how does he put them on?

[Prime32]

And how does he put them on?

By putting his feet into them.

[Maximum Zersk]

Yeah, but look at his feet.